 | Allen Ayrault Griffith - 1879 - 336 sidor
...scene ! The silver moon, unclouded, holds her way Through skies where I could count each little star; The fanning west wind scarcely stirs the leaves ;...such a place as this, at such an hour — If ancestry may be in aught believed — Descending spirits have conversed with man, And told the secrets of the... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880
...Through skies where I could count each little star ; [leaves ; The fanning west wind scarcely stirs the The river, rushing o'er its pebbled bed, Imposes silence...such a place as this, at such an hour, If ancestry in aught can be believed, Descending spirits have conversed with man, And told the secrets Of the world... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1882 - 544 sidor
...scene! The silver moon unclouded holds her way Through skies where I could count each little star; The fanning west wind scarcely stirs the leaves; The...such a place as this, at such an hour — If ancestry may be in aught believed — Descending spirits have conversed with man, And told the secrets of the... | |
 | Edwin O. Chapman - 1884 - 399 sidor
...scene ! The silver moon unclouded holds her way Through skies where I could count each little star : The fanning west wind scarcely stirs the leaves; The...such a place as this, at such an hour, If ancestry in aught can be believed. Descending spirits have conversed with man, ' And told the secrets of the... | |
 | Charles Rufus Skinner - 1890 - 456 sidor
...scene ! The silver moon unclouded holds her way Through skies where I could count each little star ; The fanning west wind scarcely stirs the leaves; The...such a place as this, at such an hour — If ancestry may be in aught believed — Descending spirits have conversed with man, And told the secrets of the... | |
 | Sarah Neal Harris - 1891 - 188 sidor
...scene ! The silver moon unclouded holds her way Through skies where I could count each little star ; The fanning west wind scarcely stirs the leaves ;...rushing o'er its pebbled bed, Imposes silence with a stealthy sound. In such a place as this, at such an hour, — If ancestry may be in aught believed,... | |
 | Hugh Walker - 1893
...scene ! The silver moon, unclouded, holds her way Through skies where I could count each little star. The fanning west wind scarcely stirs the leaves ;...this, at such an hour, If ancestry can be in aught believed, Descending spirits have conversed with man, And told the secret of the world unknown." There... | |
 | Hugh Walker - 1893 - 229 sidor
...scene ! The silver moon, unclouded, holds her way Through skies where I could count each little star. The fanning west wind scarcely stirs the leaves; The...this, at such an hour, If ancestry can be in aught believed, Descending spirits have conversed with man, And told the secret of the world unknown." There... | |
 | John Brand - 1893
...churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out Contagion to the world." Thus also in Home's Douglas : " In such a place as this, at such an hour, If ancestry...believ'd, Descending spirits have convers'd with man, • "A told the secrets of the world unknown." pretty tale of an apparition. The goldeu i bed is indeed... | |
 | Caroline E. Upham - 1895 - 161 sidor
...surprising that wooded countries have been the fruitful fountains and nurseries of superstition. ' In such a place as this, at such an hour, If ancestry can be in aught believed, Descending spirits have conversed with man, And told the secrets of the world unknown.' The... | |
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This is the place, the centre of the grove ; Here stands the oak, the monarch of the wood. How sweet and solemn is this midnight scene The silver moon, unclouded, holds her way Through skies, where I could count each little star. The fanning west wind... 
